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G enus X V I . P A R A D I S E B I R D .
N° 9. White-winged P. B.
WHITE WING- J E N G T H twenty-five inches or more. Bill one inch long,
ED P. B. almoft ftrait, black ; the feathers on the chin nearly reach the
e'nd o f the b i l l : the general colour of the plumage bla ck: the
back part of the neck gloffed with copper: quills white, with the
outer edges black : the tail confilts o f ten 'feathers; the two
middle ones nineteen or twenty inches lo n g ; the fecond, fi-xteen
inches; the third, twelve inches; the fourth, nines and the outer
ones only feven. The wings, when clofed, reach about three
inches on the tail.
I met with the above in the colleftion of the late Mr. Boddam,
of Bulls-Crofs. I am in doubt whether the plumage had any variable
luftre, as is the cafe in fome others of the genus; for as the
bird was unluckily fixed in an obfcure corner of the room, this
circumftance could not be determined.
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G e n u s X V II. C U R U C U I.
N° 8. Blue-cheeked C. N° Q. Indian C.
Fafciated'Curucui, Gen. Syn. ii. p.492. N°7.
Trogon Ceylonenfis, Brif. Orn. vol. ii. p. 91. N? 7. 8vo, edit.
> p H I S bird, with very little variation, I find defcribed by Brtf-
A Jon, as above quoted; but the neck and breaft are alh-colour.
Among the drawings of Mr. Middleton I find one which differs
in a much greater degree. Length in the drawing fourteen
inches. Bill hooked, befet with many hairs at the bafe; colour
o f it, and the bare fpace round the eyes, blue : irides red : head,
neck, and back, pale brownifh clay-colour: wing coverts barred
with fine lines o f black and brown: quills reddifh chocolate-
brown, fome of the outer edges white : tail greatly cuneiform ;
the ends o f fome o f the feathers white, ofothers black, with half
o f the outer webs white : acrofs the breaft a white bar ; from
thence to the vent the belly is red : legs fhort, of a pale red.
The fame bird is likewife figured among the drawings of Lady
Impey. It fcarcely differs, except that the white band acrofs the
breaft is very narrow.
T E N G T H nine inches. Forehead red, bounded by a white
line: crown, and hind part of the neck, red, bounded, below
by a line of white, and on the fides by black : from each eye a
narrow red line pointing upwards: throat blue, marked with a
7- FASCIATED C.
8. BLUE-CHEEK-
ED C.
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